Kamau standing outside a warmly lit Kyoto machiya at night, beside a shadow falling across music equipment
Tuluvi Atelier Kyoto

Kamau Abayomi

Asemystic

An Interdisciplinary Art Exhibition

21 NOV – 1 DEC 2026Tuluvi Atelier · Kyoto

Program & visiting

Visual art · Mystical poetry · Soulful music

AN ART TO BE ENTERED

There are languages that speak without words, symbols that reveal without explanation, and forms that awaken something within us long before the mind can give them meaning.

Visual Art

ASEMYSTIC is a visionary art form conceived by Kamau Abayomi, merging the visual language of asemic writing with the spiritual dimensions of mystical symbolism and intuitive insight.

Born through meditation, mantra, and spontaneous creation, Asemystic gives expression to the unseen, allowing forms to emerge without the limitations of predetermined meaning or intellectual control.

Mystical Poetry

Kamau’s poetry draws from lived experience, spiritual inquiry and intuitive insight. He writes with an ear for rhythm and a sensitivity to the images that arise when ordinary language meets the mysteries of consciousness. In performance, the poem moves through breath, cadence, silence and dance. His voice can hold the intimacy of a reflection or the force of an invocation, drawing the audience into the experience of the words.

Soulful Music

In Kamau’s soundscapes, the melodic warmth of Stevie Wonder and intimate restraint of Sade meet the harmonic curiosity of Blue Note jazz and the open space of Japanese ambient music. Afrohouse and conscious hip-hop give these textures pulse and purpose, while meditation and mantra music draw the ear toward breath, repetition and stillness. A shared devotion to soul runs through it all, carrying contemplation into movement and movement back into listening.

In this meeting of visual art, mystical poetry, soulful music, and live performance, the boundaries between artistic disciplines begin to dissolve. Each becomes a different movement of the same creative force, giving form, sound, and voice to the mysteries of existence.

ASEMYSTIC is an active field of possibility, where the consciousness of the observer and the presence of the listener become active participants in the creation of meaning. What one person perceives, another may experience entirely differently, yet both encounters belong to the same mysterious whole.

Presented within the intimate setting of a century-old Kyoto machiya, ASEMYSTIC is an invitation to experience art as a living expression of consciousness, exploring the subtle relationship between symbol and silence, sound and spirit, individuality and Oneness.

“Poetry is the highest state of all art forms”
Kamau Abayomi

Tuluvi Atelier · Kyoto · 2026

The exhibition program

All times are Japan Standard Time

Opening day

Afternoon

1–4pm

Performance & Artist Talk at 3pm

Evening

5–7pm

Performance & Artist Talk at 6pm

Special events

4–7pm

Soulful Medicine

A special talk and networking event with Manabu Kamio / 神尾 学.

¥2,000 in person / ¥1,000 online

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7–10pm

Inspired

An evening of deeper communal dialogue, collaborative live performance and future envisioning.

¥2,000

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Session 1: 12–2pm / Session 2: 4–6pm

Sunday Soulscapes

Kamau curates a soulful soundscape for tea, meditation, silent art viewing and presence.

Join us for an ‘Open Meditation’ at 11:30am.

Free entry

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Kyoto · Autumn 2026

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Exhibition dates
21 November–1 December 2026
Location
Tuluvi AtelierKyoto, Japan
Within the exhibition
Visual art, poetry, music, live performance and meditation
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